What aspects of human taste remain essential for designers with AI?

Katie Dill

Head of Design · Stripe

Sense of Taste

Katie Dill says building a sense of taste—by noticing what users need and what's good and great—can improve the standards designers must scale, especially when agents are involved.

Maggie Fost

VP of Design, Brand Design Studio · Shopify

Human Creativity

Maggie Fost says human creativity remains essential for designers, arguing that it's not fun without injecting your own creativity, humanity, and thought, and that the best work comes from people who have fun making it.

The answer starts at 26:50.

Sasha Mitts

User Experience Researcher · Meta

Human Curiosity

Sasha Mitts says human curiosity is essential, saying the fundamental curiosity of having an opinion about what is worth knowing needs to be a skill.

The answer starts at 22:09.

Jason Giles

VP of Product Design · UserTesting

Craft

Jason Giles names craft: he says AI is making engineers into designers in their craft, elevating the engineering craft and giving them time to think more holistically.

Josh Clark

Principal · Big Medium

Risk Judgment

Josh Clark says risk judgment is super important, because designers need insights into what risks users won't take, the domain's risk profile, and thresholds to decide what's acceptable and prevent problems.

Ian Silber

Head of Product Design · Openai

Understanding User Needs

Ian Silber says the remaining valuable human area is truly understanding what people need, pointing to the human feedback loop of watching people use something and knowing who you’re building for.

Blaine Billingsley

Member of Design Staff · Openai

Human Passions and Experience

Blaine Billingsley says human passions and experience remain essential, saying there is nothing like real humans with real passions and real experience talking things out.

Cameron Adams

Co-founder & Chief Product Officer · Canva

Taste

Cameron Adams says creators need to bring the right taste, because taste is about understanding how an audience will receive something. He calls it a critical thing to focus on.